cardiovascular research unit
Activities
The Cardiovascular Research Unit aims to better understand the role of RNAs in heart and brain diseases. Our goal is to develop RNA-based biomarkers and therapeutic approaches to personalise health care. Our current focus is on heart failure, cardiac arrest and Parkinson’s disease.
MICRA is a very promising biomarker candidate due to its stability in the blood allowing a quantification in blood samples.
Yvan Devaux, PhD, Head of the Cardiovascular Research Unit (CVRU)
Projects & clinical trials
Our ongoing research projects address two major areas:
Biomarkers
Using high-throughput transcriptomics tools, the team seeks to develop RNA-based diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for cardiovascular and brain diseases. Research projects focus on non-coding RNAs: microRNAs, long non-coding RNAs, and circular RNAs.
Therapeutics
By focusing on the mechanisms by which RNAs regulate the development of diseases, the group aims to facilitate drug discovery.
Strategic goals
- Address the main causes of mortality and morbidity in developed countries: heart and brain diseases
- Fulfil unmet medical needs: lack of diagnostic tools and drugs for personalised healthcare
- Develop networks of international collaborators
- Collaborate with private partners to bring research products to clinical application
- Perform translational research to push forward personalised medicine.
The group coordinates the EU-CardioRNA COST Action CA17129 network (www.cardiorna.eu) and the Cardiolinc™ network (www.cardiolinc.org), which are consortia of research groups aimed at advancing research on deciphering the role of RNAs in cardiovascular disease.
The group also coordinates the H2020 COVIRNA project which aims to develop RNA-based prognostic tools for COVID-19 patients (www.covirna.eu).
The group is partner of IMI2 CARDIATEAM project (www.cardiateam.eu ) and EU-Cardioprotection COST Action CA16225 (www.cardioprotection.eu).
Featured team members
Within the Luxembourg Institute of Health, qualified professionals with various expertises are working together striving for excellence. Their talent, their ability to collaborate and the complementarity of their skills are some of the key elements allowing us to create societal and economical value.
Scientific publications
LIH researchers strive to generate meaningful and disease-relevant knowledge and results for patients. Their findings are regularly published in prestigious international peer-reviewed journals, thereby extending the reach and visibility of the institute’s impact.
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